Building Basic Therapeutic Skills: Practical Guide for Current Mental Health Practice

Building Basic Therapeutic Skills<\/i> is an essential handbook that provides the nuts-andbolts guidelines for clinical practice and basic skills all therapists must master if they are to become effective clinicians.<\/p>

Advance Praise for Building Basic Therapeutic Skills<\/i><\/b><\/p>

\"Jeanne Heaton provides guidance to the student therapist with a book that demonstrates both her humanity and wisdom. Of all those skills that Heaton promotes, perhaps the most important is her profound respect for the client.\" --Michael J. Lambert, PHD, <\/b> professor of psychology, Brigham Young University and coauthor of Assessing Outcome in Clinical Practice<\/i><\/p>

\"A valuable and essential textbook for mental health educators supervising practicum and internship students. I'll be using it as a textbook in my teaching at Ohio State University.\" --Daniel R. Merz, PHD, LPCC, <\/b> counselor educator, The Ohio State University<\/p>

\"A masterful job of presenting the cumulative effects of the experience of a senior therapist into a clear and concise volume.\" --John M. Sell, PHD, <\/b> senior vice president, Reedie & Co.<\/p>

\"Contains excellent and culturally sensitive examples of not only what to do but how to do it.\" —Sheila Y. Williams, MED, LPCC, <\/b> University Counselor\/Private Practitioner and member, State of Ohio Counselor and Social Worker Board and Testing Committee Chair, American Association of State Counseling Boards<\/p>

\"Clear, concise, and down-to-earth. . . . It belongs in the library, if not the hip pocket, of anyone who is studying to be a therapist or is just beginning to practice. This is the book I wish I had written.\" —Steven Jay Lynn, PHD, <\/b> professor of psychology, State University of New York at Binghamton<\/p>

\"A valuable resource for the student and beginning therapist. . . . an excellent review for the experienced therapist.\" —Barry G. Ginsberg, PHD, <\/b> director, Center of Relationship Enhancement and author of Relation Enhancement Family Therapy<\/i><\/p><\/P>"